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Which scanner program are you using? Peasyscan can already combine the pages from a batch ADF scan into a PDF.

"merge like a zip"

Please explain.

I haven't got access to a personal scanner at present, so I haven't been using my own software. So I'm not familiar with peasyscan. Maybe the capability is there already, in which case my request is redundant.

When I want scanning done, I have to go to a copyshop. Their scanners always have ADF and usually I get one multipage PDF back. However, in many cases, it seems that their machines don't have the capability to handle backed originals properly. So it is a case of run through and scan the odd numbered pages, then flip the stack over and do the even ones. Either the operators do not know how to correct this in software or the language barrier is at fault. Hence my request to combine the even file with the odd file taking a page from each file alternately, i.e. "merge like a zip"

So the copy shop is giving you two PDF files - one with the even pages and one with the odd pages?

I still don't understand what you mean by "merge like a zip". Or do you mean "merge like a zipper"?

How are you currently handling this situation? Are you extracting the pages from the two PDFs, then building a combined document?

rcrsn51 said:

So the copy shop is giving you two PDF files - one with the even pages and one with the odd pages?

That's right.

rcrsn51 said:

I still don't understand what you mean by "merge like a zip". Or do you mean "merge like a zipper"?

That's the Atlantic and Pacific language barrier. "Zipper" is the North American English word. Elsewhere in the world, "zip" is used for the same item. I meant that the two files would be merged by taking a page at a time alternately from the "odd page" and the "even page", thus ending up with all in the correct order.

rcrsn51 said:

How are you currently handling this situation? Are you extracting the pages from the two PDFs, then building a combined document?

Not really handling it at all. It would be such a hassle to fix manually that I just open both files and jump between them as I read.

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Man you are fast! I'll test ASAP.

Thanks a million.

Used EasyPDF a few minutes ago, in Precise 5.5, to extract a couple pages out of a 6-page music score. It's a marvel!

Many thanks and kudos from me too - it's going to be used regularly.

This has been a life saver today, for an assignment I had.

Thanks rcrsn51!

Wiki page-
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PeasyPDF

Hi rscrn51,
thanks again for PeasyPdf ...
I would report about sharpness of images converted to pdf.
Hereunder are 2 shots of an image (2.2MB .bmp image1280x1782 pixels) converted to pdf:
- one from using Peasy_Pdf which is 20K sized (using "fill the whole page option");
- the other from using sam2p command line converter, which is 15K size and looks having a far better sharpness.

Any idea to improve the sharpness of converted files using Peasy_Pdf?

Thanks for any answer.
Charlie

Hi,
the above post was relative to the conversion from a .BMP file to a .PDF file, using the Quick option
Further to that previous post, i've tried to manually perform the commands used in /usr/sbin/peasypdf:

#bmptopnm myfileORIG.BMP > myfileORIG.pnm
# pnmtops myfileORIG.pnm > myfileORIG.ps
# ps2pdf myfileORIG.ps

and got a better result than the one using peasypdf using the «fill the page» option (i.e. imho using the pnmtops -noturn -center -equalpixels command) or leaving empty those option boxes.

i also edited /usr/sbin/peasypdf script and added those lines at line 51 through 55: which does not use the $OPTION variable ... also without getting better results.

Peasypdf keeps producing the same result ... so i wonder how to do.
Thanks for any answer
Charlie

What Puppy are you using?

When PeasyPDF receives a non-linux file type like BMP, it sends it to Abiword for conversion to PDF. So you don't get very good quality.

The notes recommend that you use mtpaint to convert the BMP to PNG, then load it in PeasyPDF.

In any case, the BMP) line in your script should be PC).

Where did you get the bmptopnm command? I don't see it in any standard Puppies. Or did it come with samp?

Hi rcrsn51,
Thanks for replying !
Here i'm running wheezy-3.5.2.5 (rather outdated ...is'nt...? ).
Ooops...i did'nt read the notes ...sorry.

Why BMP ...? because i have a memory fax modem that receives faxes with PC off power - managing soft runs under wine - faxes to be archived can be exported under BMP format only. .

Having a conversion tool with minimal readability losses is important as faxed documents quality is sometimes weak.

I found the package netpbm which has a lot of graphic conversion tools, with bmptopnm among others;
for wheezy, download here:
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/netpbm
it needs also libnetpbm extra dep, link given on the same page.

Thanks for your tip ! This works here: adding at line 50 of /usr/sbin/peasypdf script and its working
(i have checked that having commented out the script lines calling abiword (from *) and following).

Sam2p comes with only a binary file that has all conversion tools in it; it does not need extra deps.

Hope this help
Charlie

Excellent. The latest version of PeasyPDF (posted on page 1) removes the reliance on Abiword.

PeasyPDF v2.6 is posted on the first page.

Thanks to FeodorF for testing.

Hi rcrsn51,
many thaks for this awesome update !
here is a peasypdf-2.8 french translation
enjoy !
Charlie

220514 edited:
pet re-uploaded: modified tanslation in "Convert" thumbnail.
140514 edited:
pet re-uploaded with some left typos fixed + fine tuned
290414 edited:
pet re-uploaded with some left typos fixed + fine tuned

Excellent. It looks like I gettexted everything.

Hi rcrsn51,

rcrsn51 wrote:Excellent. It looks like I gettexted everything.

...ooops quite everything...?
please see re-uploaded french locales pet on previous page.
sorry,
Charlie

Hi,
french locale: on page 2 this thread, please find new update (some left typos fixed)
Charlie

Hi,

Peasypdf-2.8 reports error ("non valid file, blanks present ...") if converting files stored on an USB stick or whatever /mnt/folder.

Was working OK on version 2.4.

HTH, Charlie

charlie6 wrote:Peasypdf-2.8 reports error ("non valid file, blanks present ...") if converting files stored on an USB stick or whatever /mnt/folder

Please state what conversion procedure and what kind of file you are converting.

What Puppy version are you using?

I have done a bunch of tests and cannot find a problem. Please describe exactly step-by-step what you are doing.